I haven't used windows in about 15 years on my personal machines but see 7zip referenced everywhere...why is it so popular? Can windows 10/11 or whatever we're on now not compress/extract most things itself or do people prefer it for some reason (nice interface etc)?
I'm always amazed when I'm following a tutorial written for windows and it says "download and install 7zip, then extract the file using 7zip". I just right click the file and extract it...
Ouch.
Is your username a reference to this song by the way? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LWIP7SAjY
Yep, I got an absolute novel length comment from some far left .ml person as one of my first interactions on Lemmy.
It's one of those things that looks and sounds awful, but if someone gave you it in a roll and you ate some before you knew what it was, you'd probably enjoy it and it would avoid the ick.
It's a similar thing to black pudding. A few years ago, I went camping in a group with one mate who I didn't realise didn't like black pudding. We wake up by a lake in the most perfect spot, everyone is really hungry, and we cook everything in the same pot so it all ends up mixed in. He had to try it, and it turns out he loves black pudding now :D
I'm assuming this is because the lead times for the upgraded grid connections for electric heating and/or volume of solar panels required would be too long?
If so, it would make more sense to allow a grace period between building a house (and letting it be occupied) and installation of solar panels/electric heating, than to just say you don't need them at all. As long as the house is built from the start to take the system, you could put it in later.
For example (and I know the heating systems are probably different in the US), in the UK we have hot water heating systems with radiators, one of the common issues with retrofitting heat pumps in an existing building is that the heat pump produces water at a lower temperature than an oil/gas boiler.
As a result, you need more radiator area and upgraded insulation. So you could just install good insulation and radiators to begin with, and if you can't get a heat pump now just install a gas boiler and run it on a lower setting. Then people get the homes they need and you don't completely fuck the future.
It's also because jurors are asked to judge the probability of something happening, not just whether it happened, so it's not something that you can leave to professionals because judging motive etc requires a representative sample of the population and not some remote legal class of citizens.
I had no idea, thanks!
For other unenlightened lemmings:
4X is apparently an abbreviation of "Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate"
It's also possible I'm wrong, I never played the games before CIV6 (or not enough to learn them), but on Fdroid it's described as an "Open source 4X civilization-building game" which I assumed means it's a CIV4 clone.
Either way, it's a good game - one of the best open source mobile games for sure.
Isn't it based on CIV4?
It's not the same as the UK-Canada relationship either though, because the UK isn't responsible for Canada's defence and foreign policy.
If anyone has any good tips on beating the midges, please share them!
I got absolutely devoured this weekend up by Loch Latrine (edit: Katrine) (completely forgot it was midge season, so I was unprepared).
The Island of Ireland contains both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (part of the UK)